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The view below us. he was awe-inspiring. they arranged for fireworks to celebrate americas birth. we ate barbecue, laughed through the day and night. ill never forget it. through the years, there were crises through everyone, some public, some private. many unmentioned to this day. he was my champion and my mentor, my father in mississippi was there for me, no doubt. hes the greatest man ever. but roger was a father figure, too. we talked of it often. i never left his office, never once, no matt...

True at first. this man i so admired despite our differences. it all came to a head as hundreds of us were in cleveland for the republican convention. the accusations were mortifying. all cameras were trained on us, all of them. we were the news. tears flowed daily off camera. so far from headquarters, confused an helpless and under attack. roger would want us to perform to serve our audience, and we did somehow. in our private work space there by then surrounded by guards keeping prying reporte...

Suddenly was an hour, as i stood to leave his office, a hug. a big embrace. "love you" he said. tell your father i think the world of you. i want to meet him soon. go get him. the boss loves me, cares about my father, has a new baby for whom he wants to make the world a better place. it was heavy. felt important. i was sold. one random afternoon in the basement newsroom of this building, we got word of a school shooting in colorado. columbine, high school. i was on a plane in minutes. we broke f...

When a blackmailer entered my lives and my family, he held my hand and saw me to the other side. when details of my personal life became public, he supported me. my partner, geo and i went to a party at his amazingly beautiful home overlooking westpoint. he said ill man turret if anybody gets near this place. he had one. we had not attended a work function the two of us together before. as we arrived, roger and his son and beth greeted us on a glorious days. beth took geo by his haim and gave hi...

My reporting was divisive and partisan. it wasnt or shouldnt have been. roger inside new that. he spoke against the trouble for the white house. id get blamed. im not privy to the details of what he told others it wasnt positive. but with me, it was different. he was proud. he said keep up the good work. it was complicated as everything here was and is. by now he had me hosting daytime hours that i would anchor for 12 years. those were the good times. sometimes the facts upended the fateful. the...

We would conquer thing and become the most powerful name in news and do it as a team and reap the rewards from it, all of us and he fought with us. as we fought, he would protect us from all comers. america would be a better place for our efforts. he said it with authority and he never waivered for one second. because he said it, we believed it, mostly. it all seemed impossible frankly. roger and i didnt meet regularly in the early years. he didnt like my then agent, so we didnt communicate well...

And the city may flood and we may need more resources here and facilities to live without services for a long time. got it. im sending the cavalry. he did. dont be a hero and get yourself hurt. i love you. he always had our backs. i think we were first to report nationally that a breach had happened. a parrish president had seen it, reported it live on local radio. i was listening, i heard it. i was from that region. i covered new orleans. i knew what that meant. the city would flood. i reported...

Balanced. when its not, youll be here in my office and youll get set straight. that day must be 16, 17 years ago. my dad came up in the conversation. we talked about how important father-son relationships are. roger and beth ailes just had a son, zach. he was the love of rogers life. he wanted to help make america a better place for his new son. thats how he thought. we talked about how close my father and i are. how my relationship had survived and thrived in a mess sy divorce. he asked about g...